The 'Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee' star doesn't see his autistic tendencies as 'dysfunctional,' but think of them as 'an alternate mindset.'
- November 8, 2014
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Jerry Seinfeld reveals that he may be autistic. In an interview with Brian Williams on "NBC Nightly News", the 60-year-old comedian opens up, "I think, on a very drawn-out scale, I think I'm on the spectrum."
"Basic social engagement is really a struggle. I'm very literal, when people talk to me and they use expressions, sometimes I don't know what they're saying," he discloses. "But I don't see it as dysfunctional, I just think of it as an alternate mindset."
"I know that that's the healthiest thing I can do," he explains his compulsion to keep working despite his wealth and fame. "If you're more interested in what you have achieved or what your financial position enables you to do than that thing that got those things, you're screwed -- in my opinion, you're screwed."
